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‘It knocked the wind out of me,’ he said. ‘I didn't think anything of it that weekend. We were out on snowmobiles and sleds with the kids. We were building snowmen.’

Pavano told the Star Tribune he went through a full workout two days later. On January 16, during a trip to Westchester, New York, he went for another workout and felt a sudden rush of abdominal pain and nausea while driving to the gym.

‘My body just went into shock,’ he said. ‘I turned white. It was one of the worst feelings I've probably ever had.’